Bethanie Ryan

As founder and president of my school’s pro-life group, I thought I was doing my best to support the cause. I flyered, I tabled, I marched. I even interned at Feminists for Life. But through it all, I never truly understood the reality for a woman facing an unplanned pregnancy—until I stood in my apartment […]

I was 24 when I found out I was pregnant. I didn’t know what to do and wasn’t sure to whom I could turn. I told my roommate who offered to drive me to an abortion clinic. The only other person I told didn’t say anything. I didn’t want an abortion. I wanted help and

I am a liberal. I believe in a comprehensive, government-funded social welfare network, national health insurance, more spending on foreign aid, and a reduced military budget. I am also a liberal Jew. I believe in a symbolic interpretation of the Bible and support women’s and marriage equality within Judaism. My opinion of abortion first developed

When I was in my early twenties, I relinquished a child for adoption. When I became pregnant again, I decided to abort — partly because my experience relinquishing my firstborn was so isolating and unsupported. I still remember having a dream about aborted babies after the abortion. I began to do some research on fetal